WEBSITES FOR ELECTRICIANS
Ringmain is a ready-made website for electricians. It tells visitors whether you cover them, whether their problem is an emergency, and how to book you, so the calls you get are about real work.
Free and open. React and TypeScript. No server, no monthly fee.
MISSED CALLS, MONDAY
"Do you come out to Purley?"
Ringmain: They type CR8 into your area checker and get a straight yes or no, before they ever ring.
"Half my sockets have gone off. Is that dangerous?"
Ringmain: The emergency guide walks them to the fuse box, has them reset the tripped switch, and tells them to call you only if it trips again.
"Are you actually registered?"
Ringmain: Your scheme memberships, registration numbers and insurance sit on the About page, with a link to check them on the scheme's own site.
HOW IT WORKS
Your name, number, hours, services and prices go in a handful of plain files in one folder. Each file starts with a note on how to edit it.
Postcode districts like CR0, whole areas like BR, and town names. If you make a typo, the site reports it and carries on working.
It builds to a folder of static files you can host anywhere. There's no server, no database and no monthly bill.
WHAT'S ON THE BOARD
Customers type a postcode or a town, in any case, with or without the space. The checker says yes and names the area, says no and invites them to ring anyway, or tells them exactly what to fix. It reads from a list you edit.
Example: someone types cr0 2ab and is told "Good news, we cover CR0 2AB. That's in our Croydon area."
A short guide asks about smoke, sparks and shocks first, then talks people through the fuse box. It ends on one of four answers: call 999, call you now, check the fuse box first, or book a visit. It sends power cuts to 105, not to you.
One page, a section per service, an optional starting price and a 24/7 badge for call-outs.
A gallery filtered by type, newest first, opened large with arrow keys. No photos yet? Each job gets a tidy placeholder tile.
Questions grouped by topic, with a search that keeps only answers matching every word you type.
Customers describe the job and leave their details. The site opens a ready-written email to you, and warns them, politely, when their postcode is outside your area.
Plus a "Call now" bar on every phone screen, light and dark themes that follow the device, and buttons big enough for a thumb in a work glove.
THE SAMPLE SITE
This is the whole template filled in for a made-up Croydon firm. Swap in your details and it's yours.
The first screen: who you are, your number, and the area checker straight away.
FOR WHOEVER SETS IT UP
Your business details, services, areas, jobs, certificates, FAQs and even the emergency
questions are plain typed files in src/content/. Change a line,
save, and the site updates. If something's wrong, a checker says exactly what and where, and
the rest of the site keeps working.
src/content/serviceAreas.ts
// Each area has a name, the postcodes you cover and the towns in it.
// A postcode entry is a district like "CR0" or a whole area like "BR".
export const serviceAreas = [
{
name: "Croydon",
postcodes: ["CR0", "CR2", "CR7"],
towns: ["Croydon", "Thornton Heath", "South Croydon", "Addiscombe"],
},
{
name: "Bromley",
postcodes: ["BR"],
towns: ["Bromley", "Beckenham", "Orpington"],
},
];Open the Brightline demo, click around, try your own postcode. Then make it yours.
Open the demoSample business, sample data. 020 7946 0321 is an Ofcom drama number, so it never rings anyone.